keep people from leaving East Germany
keep people from leaving East Germany
The wall was built to stop migration from East Germany to West Germany.
Keep people in East Germany, but they found ways to escape.
It was built by the Russians to keep the population of East Germany in East Germany and to separate it from the Western sectors.
The Berlin Wall was built to keep people IN East Germany. The Soviet state didn't want people crossing over into West Germany by building the guarded concrete barrier. It had barbwire, a no man's land, and guard towers.
In Germany Berlin was located in North east Germany
Its purpose was to eliminate the number of people leaving East Germany. For these people was common the hatred against communism. East Germany thus lost many scientists, performers etc.
Its purpose was to eliminate the number of people leaving East Germany. For these people was common the hatred against communism. East Germany thus lost many scientists, performers etc.
Its purpose was to eliminate the number of people leaving East Germany. For these people was common the hatred against communism. East Germany thus lost many scientists, performers etc.
East Berlin was the capital of Communist East Germany. However, many East Germans wanted to escape East Germany in order to find freedom in West Germany. The easiest way to do this was to cross into West Berlin, which was an enclave of West Germany that was completely surrounded by East German territory. The East German government was dismayed by the number that East Germans who were leaving East Germany and, therefore, built the Berlin Wall in 1961 in order to prevent the further hemorrhaging of population.
The Berlin Wall separating Communist East Germany and Democratic West Germany.